Primary Headteachers Sunderland
A presentation to a continuing professional development event on the 21st Century Classroom.
| When | Feb 04, 1999 |
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| Where | Sunderland |
I led a workshop too on issues that the participants were concerned about in facing the future:
- The rôle of the LEA (lack of leadership)
- Resistance from staff
- Lack of funding
- Lack of funding and devolution of spending
- Feeling of being behind with your equipment
- Technical support
- Inequality of resources between schools
- Inequality of resources between schools and phases
- Inequality of access between kids
- Access for kids in the classroom
- Computer suites AND computers in classes
- Discrepancy with the workplace
- Discrepancy with home equipment and schools
- Inequality of access between kids and neighbourhoods
- Training for teachers and managers / heads
- Training which is focussed and in school
- Staff need time to 'play'
- Personal ownership of computers
- What is the aim?
- Resourcing extremes
- Appropriate & timely staff training
- Technical support
- Action plan over what time scale
- Time
- Haphazard provision
- Assumptions and terminology
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